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| New candidate challenges Tillis’ seat |
| Friday, May 17, 2019 |
| RALEIGH – State Senator Erica D. Smith and her supporters served notice to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis during a campaign kickoff Wednesday. Smith sealed her intention to become the first African American senator to serve North Carolina in Congress at the J.D. Lewis Multipurpose Center. Former U.S. Congresswoman Eva Clayton, and the keynote speaker, said |
| Former Raleigh black business hub gets an upgrade |
| Wednesday, May 15, 2019 |
| RALEIGH – A local public relations company has plans for new digs by renovating one of Raleigh’s oldest commercial buildings that was once a prominent fixture in Raleigh’s black business hub in the 1950s. Valerie Fields of V.K. Fields & Company PR PROS has signed a 10-year lease at 515 S. Blount St. to house her agency’s |
| 2019 Triangle Tribune Mother of the Year |
| Friday, May 10, 2019 |
| DURHAM – Marian Starnes says she was showered with love as a child. It’s what made her realize how important it is for people to feel loved, and it’s what inspired her to share her love with her children and with all the children she knows. “I have seen so many people – especially young people – who seem so unhappy or |
| Activists take over Raleigh City Council meeting |
| Wednesday, May 8, 2019 |
| RALEIGH – Community activists and civil rights leaders disrupted the Raleigh City Council meeting Tuesday night, telling lawmakers their three-year wait for a firm stand on police oversight is over and bold moves by the council to hold cops accountable are long overdue. “Today is the day for the answers,” said PACT speaker Surena Johnson, |
| Teachers and their supporters flood downtown Raleigh |
| Friday, May 3, 2019 |
| Downtown Raleigh came alive Wednesday with thousands of North Carolina educators filling the streets to demand lawmakers increase funding for public schools. Educators and their supporters began to gather at the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE) headquarters near the Duke Energy Center before 8 a.m. By mid-morning, they were marching to the state |
| TMLA helps shape boys into men |
| Wednesday, May 1, 2019 |
| CHAPEL HILL – Twenty-seven future leaders, ages 9 to 18, were honored Saturday at the Thomas Mentor Leadership Academy (TMLA) Seventh Annual Fundraising and Awards Banquet. They were recognized for the achievements made in their academic and personal lives. The TMLA is a nonprofit organization that mentors young black men who are being raised by a |
| NC newly-elected sheriffs talk justice, reform, responsibility |
| Sunday, April 28, 2019 |
| RALEIGH – Five of North Carolina’s newly elected African-American sheriffs told a standing-room-only crowd they recognize their historic election changes the face of law enforcement, but it doesn’t change their duty to protect and serve. Nor does it change the community’s obligation to help them fix what’s broken. And it |
